Mother Nature’s Company™
Mission
What’s black & white, and green all over? Our mission.
MONA innovates business solutions to inspire the preservation, conservation and renewal of Earth’s natural resources.
Philosophy
MONA is a small company with big talent and even larger ambitions. We believe doing business and doing good, need not be mutually exclusive. In fact, we believe they have the potential to complement one another in hugely impactful ways. Through the application of sustainable business practices MONA innovates business solutions that improve performance, reduce risk and do immense good for our planet alike. Together with our clients and professional network, we are achieving great things…while having some fun along the way.
Clients
Similar to our mission, our client list is simple; we have just two:
Businesses, Non-Profits and Municipalities
Any organization who would like to improve their sustainability strategy, and as a result, their business & operational performance.
Mother Nature
Mother Nature, or MONA as we like to call her. At the root of all our decisions you’ll find Mother Nature, and what is in her best long-term interest.
Careers
Seeking motivated ESG experts with a passion for innovation
Learn More
Accepting new clients for Winter 2021-22
Press
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Excellent, we love sharing stories of sustainability and our commitment to bettering the planet through socially responsible business practices.
To chat with someone from MONA about a potential story please contact us here, and we’ll be in touch soon.
In the meantime, checkout our recent press highlights and social media accounts to see what we’ve been up to!
October 8, 2021
MONA Finalizes Sale of Their Organics Division to Black Earth Compost
MONA Environmental LLC announced today that it has entered into a final agreement with Black Earth Compost LLC to acquire MONA’s Organics Division. The acquisition and system integration is expected to be completed by October 11, 2021. MONA will provide ongoing strategic support to Black Earth following the acquisition to effectively manage growth, optimize operations and enhance their continued environmental impact.
This transaction will enable MONA to launch new and exciting sustainability solutions, while securing Black Earth’s title as the leading full-service composting company in New England, with over 25,000 active accounts.
“This is an integral part of our long-term strategy to inspire the preservation, conservation and renewal of Earth’s natural resources” said Ted Lague, MONA Environmental President. “Black Earth is a great partner to have in solving the issue of food waste, and soil degradation in New England.”
August 3, 2021
MONA advocates for the blind and visually impaired
NEWBURYPORT, MA — MONA is proud to announce it has chosen a supplier that benefits both Mother Nature and the visually impaired community alike.
“Effective immediately, all four gallon and thirteen gallon bags, which comprise 100% of our residential waste management subscriptions, will be supplied by Envision,” said Ted Lague, MONA Environmental President. The bags are BPI Certified Compostable and made by the blind and visually impaired. “This is an exciting development for us as we continue to build social responsibility into all aspects of our business.”
Envision seeks to improve the quality of life and provide inspiration and opportunity for people who are blind or visually impaired through employment, outreach, rehabilitation, education and research.
To learn more about this great organization visit their website at: https://www.envisionus.com
June 28, 2021
MONA sponsors NEHSA
SUNAPEE, NH — If you love MONA, you’ll love NEHSA and the tremendous work they do in assisting people with disabilities access the great outdoors. MONA is proud to sponsor NEHSA for the second year running!
New England Healing Sports Association (NEHSA) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that has been helping children and adults access Mother Nature through adaptive sports since 1972.
To donate and learn more visit NEHSA’s website at https://nehsa.org.
April 16, 2021
Sustainability startup seeks to such more
NEWBURYPORT, MA — A local man’s composting startup is just the beginning in his quest to create a more sustainable world.
Ted Lague, a Newburyport resident with a background in management consulting, has always loved the outdoors. In January 2020, he started thinking about what he could do to help the environment while educating others. Soon enough, MONA Environmental was born with “MONA” short for Mother Nature, he explained.
“The mission of the company is to inspire the preservation, the conservation and the renewal of earth’s natural resources,” Lague said. In pursuing this mission, Lague said food waste seemed to be one of the biggest problems, so he built the company around addressing that issue.
To read the full article please visit The Daily News.
October 27, 2020
MONA Joins Patagonia in Time To Vote
BOSTON, MA — MONA Environmental is proud to join Patagonia and others in providing Time To Vote! People shouldn’t have to choose between earning a paycheck and voting. Time To Vote is a nonpartisan movement, led by the business community, to contribute to the culture shift needed to increase voter participation in our country’s elections.
To learn more about Time To Vote, and how your organization can participate, visit https://www.maketimetovote.org
January 7, 2021
MONA fights hunger in New England
NEWBURYPORT, MA — During a time of such unrest, it was wonderful to witness the goodness that is alive and well in our communities, through MONA’s Fill A Bag (FAB) Challenge.
For the month of December MONA transitioned focus from scraps to meals, helping feed families who needed a little extra cheer this year. Donors filled a bag (FAB) or more of food, MONA took care of the logistics, collection and delivery to local pantries for free.
Using MONA’s innovative software, resources and community of amazing donors, MONA successfully delivered over 3,000 pounds of food to those in need across New England. The FAB Food Drive was MONA’s gift to the community, and those who needed it most.
To learn more about the FAB Food Drive and how you can help with the next iteration, click here.
December 10, 2020
#FAB Challenge launched
BOSTON, MA – For the month of December, MONA Environmental LLC has transitioned focus from food scraps to meals, helping feed families who need a little extra cheer this year, through their FAB (fill-a-bag) food drive.
Leveraging their existing infrastructure, MONA is collecting food from donors’ doorsteps and delivering it to local pantries, for free. No subscriptions, or strings attached. Donors simply fill-a-bag of food and submit a form online, then MONA will handle the rest, contact free.
September 18, 2020
MONA expands to Boston
BOSTON, MA — MONA is now proudly serving Boston, Massachusetts. As demand grows, so too will our footprint and impact. Help us, help you, help our highest priority customer and namesake, Mother Nature.
August 24, 2020
An unlikely source of environmental activism
I spent much of my youth dreaming about cars, motorcycles and boats, especially wooden Chris-Crafts from the 1940s. In fact, by age ten I had bought my first yacht of sorts, a teal MirroCraft for $5 with holes plugged by the previous owner’s bubble-gum. He was a Dubble Bubble man if I remember correctly. By 13 my parents allowed me to buy my first car after I made honor-roll (the driving force behind my good grades); an unregistered red 1988 Saab 900S with 188k miles and rust-hole-air-conditioning.
The joy of these vehicles as well as the many that followed certainly revolved around the engineering, but equally so the natural environment that surrounded me while enjoying them. Whether I realized that as an adolescent is debatable, but my passion for vehicles and their impact to the environment none-the-less has had a great deal of influence over my present awareness, affection, and duty to protect Mother Nature...click here to continue reading
Written by Ted Lague, MONA Environmental Founder & President
August 9, 2020
MONA launches innovative new software
NEWBURYPORT, MA — Good technology, doing good. MONA Environmental has successfully launched CRM and route optimization software that has completely automated and aligned the customer registration, driver enrollment, commerce, payroll and routing processes.
Among other developments, the new software measures customers’ environmental impact in real time, automates billing and provides service reminders. All of which can be managed through an intuitive customer portal.
The recent software implementation “has optimized our value stream from end-to-end; customer experience has grown and our carbon footprint has shrunk. It’s been a very rewarding improvement,” said Ted Lague, MONA Environmental President.
July 31, 2020
MONA sponsors charitable golf tournament
GRANTHAM, NH — MONA is a proud sponsor of New England Healing Sport Association’s (NEHSA) 2020 golf tournament. NEHSA is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that has been helping children and adults access the outdoors through adaptive sports since 1972.
MONA encourages everyone to consider donating to this great organization so they can continue to help people from all backgrounds access Mother Nature for many years to come.
To donate and learn more visit NEHSA’s website at https://nehsa.org.